Update for Kernel 6.13+

[feranick]

• Remove deprecated call REMAKE_INITRD.
• Use literal for MODULE_IMPORT_NS.
• Use "noop_llseek" instead of deprecated "no_llseek".

[markfrancisonly]

Thank you. In honor of the trixie release a debian install script for those who might need it.

[feranick]

Thank you. In honor of the trixie release a debian install script for those who might need it.

Alternatively, debs are available in my fork (where this PR is coming from) and can be easily installed:

https://github.com/feranick/gasket-driver/releases/tag/1.0-18.4

[AaShiyana9]

feranick...Thank you so much....I have been struggling to get my Coral PCIE TPU's working on proxmox 9.0.4 kernel 6.14.8-2-pve and finally...finally...your fork provided the gasket-dkms_1.0-18.4_all.deb package that installed successfully and after a reboot...the apex module is loaded as confirmed below. THANK YOU!

┌──(root💀proxmox-halime)-[~]
└─# ls /dev/a*
/dev/apex_0 /dev/apex_1 /dev/autofs

[jarixe]

It worked, thank you Feranick!

[FrancesoM]

Just to help people who are searching for solutions on Raspberry. I had several build issues when intalling gasket through apt-get sudo apt-get install gasket-dkms libedgetpu1-std because the version that apt is pulling is not compatible with the 6.12 headers of the raspberry debian OS I am using (standard arm64 raspberry distro).

I solved by doing the following:

git clone https://github.com/google/gasket-driver.git coral-driver/git-source
cd coral-driver/git-source

# Modify the following, since noble doesn't work with raspberry OS
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 3032563..c6afc2d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-gasket-dkms (1.0-18.4) noble; urgency=medium
+gasket-dkms (1.0-18.4) unstable; urgency=medium

# Build kernel modules
debuild -us -uc -tc -b

cd ..
sudo dpkg -i gasket-dkms_*.deb
sudo depmod -a
sudo modprobe apex

# Add udev rules as per documentation
sudo sh -c "echo 'SUBSYSTEM==\"apex\", MODE=\"0660\", GROUP=\"apex\"' >> /etc/udev/rules.d/65-apex.rules"

sudo groupadd apex

sudo adduser $USER apex

# Now I can see the gasket and apex drivers
lsmod | grep apex
apex                   49152  0
gasket                114688  1 apex

# And for good measure I also have libedgetpu
dpkg -l | grep libedgetpu
ii  libedgetpu1-std:arm64                16.0                                    arm64        Support library for Edge TPU

[Popoff-fr]

Hi all,
Since upgrading to trixie 13.1, I've been unable to install the driver.
The update removed apex0 from /dev. And when I installed the @feranick version, it didn't work; whereas with trixie 13, the driver installed without any problems.
@feranick, if you have a solution, I'd love to hear it!

[feranick]

Any log, error message? I don't use Trixie.

Have you tried installing the package again? Any error message?

[Popoff-fr]

I use Proxmox (9.0.9).

When i execute :

dpkg -i gasket-dkms_1.0-18.4_all.deb

I get :

(Reading database ... 166525 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack gasket-dkms_1.0-18.4_all.deb ...
Module gasket/1.0 for kernel 6.12.41+deb13-amd64 (x86_64):
Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this kernel.
Deleting /lib/modules/6.12.41+deb13-amd64/updates/dkms/gasket.ko.xz
Deleting /lib/modules/6.12.41+deb13-amd64/updates/dkms/apex.ko.xz
Running depmod..... done.

Module gasket/1.0 for kernel 6.12.43+deb13-amd64 (x86_64):
Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this kernel.
Deleting /lib/modules/6.12.43+deb13-amd64/updates/dkms/gasket.ko.xz
Deleting /lib/modules/6.12.43+deb13-amd64/updates/dkms/apex.ko.xz
Running depmod..... done.

Module gasket/1.0 for kernel 6.14.8-2-pve (x86_64):
Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this kernel.
Deleting /lib/modules/6.14.8-2-pve/updates/dkms/gasket.ko.xz
Deleting /lib/modules/6.14.8-2-pve/updates/dkms/apex.ko.xz
Running depmod... done.

Deleting module gasket/1.0 completely from the DKMS tree.
Unpacking gasket-dkms (1.0-18.4) over (1.0-18.4) ...
Setting up gasket-dkms (1.0-18.4) ...
Loading new gasket/1.0 DKMS files...
Building for 6.12.41+deb13-amd64, 6.12.43+deb13-amd64 and 6.14.8-2-pve

Building initial module gasket/1.0 for 6.12.41+deb13-amd64
Sign command: /lib/modules/6.12.41+deb13-amd64/build/scripts/sign-file
Signing key: /var/lib/dkms/mok.key
Public certificate (MOK): /var/lib/dkms/mok.pub

Building module(s).... done.
Signing module /var/lib/dkms/gasket/1.0/build/gasket.ko
Signing module /var/lib/dkms/gasket/1.0/build/apex.ko
Installing /lib/modules/6.12.41+deb13-amd64/updates/dkms/gasket.ko.xz
Installing /lib/modules/6.12.41+deb13-amd64/updates/dkms/apex.ko.xz
Running depmod.... done.

Building initial module gasket/1.0 for 6.12.43+deb13-amd64
Sign command: /lib/modules/6.12.43+deb13-amd64/build/scripts/sign-file
Signing key: /var/lib/dkms/mok.key
Public certificate (MOK): /var/lib/dkms/mok.pub

Building module(s).... done.
Signing module /var/lib/dkms/gasket/1.0/build/gasket.ko
Signing module /var/lib/dkms/gasket/1.0/build/apex.ko
Installing /lib/modules/6.12.43+deb13-amd64/updates/dkms/gasket.ko.xz
Installing /lib/modules/6.12.43+deb13-amd64/updates/dkms/apex.ko.xz
Running depmod..... done.

Building initial module gasket/1.0 for 6.14.8-2-pve
Sign command: /lib/modules/6.14.8-2-pve/build/scripts/sign-file
Signing key: /var/lib/dkms/mok.key
Public certificate (MOK): /var/lib/dkms/mok.pub

Building module(s).... done.
Signing module /var/lib/dkms/gasket/1.0/build/gasket.ko
Signing module /var/lib/dkms/gasket/1.0/build/apex.ko
Installing /lib/modules/6.14.8-2-pve/updates/dkms/gasket.ko
Installing /lib/modules/6.14.8-2-pve/updates/dkms/apex.ko
Running depmod... done.

everything looks good

Except that after a reboot I don't have /dev/apex0

Until now this procedure worked

[Popoff-fr]

[feranick]

I can see you have several kernels installed. 6.12 is the stable in trixie, but you also have 6.14 which is not. Which one are you actually using as primary (uname -a)? Are yo uusing any specific configuration that is not part of trixie?

[Popoff-fr]

I'm using version 6.14.11-2-pve, which is the version used by proxmox 9.0.9. I don't know why I have different kernels installed.

[umaks8]

All fine on Proxmox 9.0.10 kernel 6.14.11-3-pve! @feranick thanks a lot 👍

root@pve:~# uname -a
Linux pve 6.14.11-3-pve #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC PMX 6.14.11-3 (2025-09-22T10:13Z) x86_64 GNU/Linux

root@pve:~# ls /dev/apex*
/dev/apex_0

@Popoff-fr fyi

[bluearcher-bc]

Has any one tried this on 6.16? I'm thinking of trying Debian 13 backports 6.16.3

[gusvendegna]

You are the greatest. Thank you.

[hitoy]

@feranick feranick i have tried your last released, but not working for 6.12.58, the lasted longterm kernel

[Popoff-fr]

@feranick feranick i have tried your last released, but not working for 6.12.58, the lasted longterm kernel

Are you on proxmox?